Filler for packing-boxes.



110,050,183. Patentednay 22,1900.

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FILLEB FUR PACKING BUXES.

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LEE R. LINDLEY, oF ANDERSON, INDANA.I

FlLLER FOR PACKING-BOXES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. A650,183, dated May 22, 1900.

Y Y Application iled August 21, 1899. Serial No. '72 7,922. (No model.) r

To alt whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, LEE R. LINDLEY, of Anderson, county of Madison, State of Indiana, have inventeda certain new and useful Filler for Packing-Boxes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,- clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals refer to like parts.

This invention relates to a filler for packing-boxes made of strawboard or other suitable material.

The chief feature consists in cutting or oth erwise taking the cross-pieces bodily out of the main pieces or ystrips to form the filler. In such case only one cut is made, and the cross-pieces thus cut out of the main piece or strip when the filler is put together are inserted in the openings in the mainl pieces or strips caused by cutting out such cross-pieces. Furthermore, in cutting out such cross-pieces the cut is in such form as to leave suitable notches in said cross-piece and also in the main pieces or strips to lock the two together when in place and also to hold in place any other cross-pieces that may be putin. These, with the other features of my invention, will be more fullyunderstood from the accompanying drawings and the description of one form of device embodying my said invention.

In the drawings,.Figure l is a perspective of a fillerembodying my invention with one cross-.piece cut out of each main piece. Fig. 2 is the same with two cross-pieces cut out of each main piece. Fig. V3 is a blank out of which the center cross-pieces are cutand after the same have been out. Fig.v 4 is a per-l spective of the lock or joint between a main piece and a cross-piece. Fig. 5 is a section through the lower part of the main piece shown in Fig. 4 immediately to one 'side of the cross-piece at the joint. Fig. 6 is a plan of the main piece or strip after a crosspieee has been cut out of it. Fig. 7 is a plan ofa main piece after two cross-pieces have been cut out of it. Fig. Sis a'plan of the central crossstrip in modified form, the upper extensions being omitted. Fig. 9 is a vertical erosssection of the packing-box. the packing-box.

In detail, l represents the main pieces or strips. They are preferably rcctan guiar, with Fig. 10 is a plan of main pieces.

the length equivalent tothe internal length of the packingbox 9 and with the width high enough to protect the bottles packed in the The filler shown is made to pack a dozen bottles. In this there are two of said main pieces. The cross-pieces 2 are cut out of the main pieces, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7. Said cross-pieces are cut with an irregular contour, as shown in said iigures, in order to provide interlocking extensions 3 in the main and cross pieces. These extensions are provided with notches 5 in the main pieces and corresponding notches in the cross-pieces that engage each other when the pieces are put in place. It is observed in the outline shown in Figs. 6 and 7 that where the extension 5 is located in the main piece a corresponding depression is made in the cross-piece cut out, and where the extension in the cross-piece is box.

.located there is a corresponding depression in the main piece; but in the main piece it is observed that there are three pairs of notches, one in the middle and one on each side of the middle pair, while in the cross-pieces there are only two pairs of notches, each located at a point about one-third the length of the crosspiece away from its ends, so that in cutting out a cross-piece there will be one pair of extensions on the cross-piece between the mid dle pair and the end pair of notches in the main piece. Hence with this arrangement the pairs of notches in the cross-pieces are the same distance apart as the pair of notches in the main pieces, whereby said pieces when fitted together interlock and form a rectangular receptacle for the bottle. When the notches in the cross-pieces are cut out, they leave a tongue 6, as shown in Fig. 6, in the main piece, and,on the contrary,the cutting of the notches 5 leaves a corresponding tongue on the crosspieces. Outof two main pieces,therefore,two cross-pieces are cut, as above specified. In putting the pieces together to make the ller these two cross-pieces thus cut out are extended through the openings left in the main pieces, when said cross-pieces are cutout and fitted in the end pairs of notches 5 of the two A middle piece S is placed to interlock with the middle pair of notches in the two main pieces. The filler when thus formed is placed in the box 9, thereby forming twelve rectangularcompartments in said reo box for the receptionY of bottles. vThe crosspieces are after being inserted in the openings in the main pieces twisted or turned into interlocking position. rlhis is possible because the cross-pieces can be bent so`inewhat` and the upper and lower sides of the main pieces can be pulledsomewhat apart in their weakened condition; but they are strong enough to hold the parts ottheflller together-- and protect the bottles packed in thesame.

The middle piece 8 I preferably cut out efa sheet, as shown. in Fig. 3, .soasto haveextensions 10, that when the iller is formed extend upward and prevent Vthe i-lle'r'fo bef ing elevated and getting above the body of the bottles.A This results from the extensions engagingithelid'of the box.-V fOut of one sheet of `stram-"board Vor other Vsuitable material, as shown in-the outline in Fig. 3, two of those central pieces are cut, the lower one having fou-'r of :those upward' extensions and thefupperone'having three-a central one and two latfreach end. In cutting these in this way I economize material. Where there is no need of said extensions, they may be omitted,`as in thece-nt'ralpiece Yshown in Fig. 8.

'Ihe central'pieces are providedwithincision'sor notches 11 on the bottom', that are comparatively short, and corresponding incisions ornotches 12v at the upper end. III-making a- -ller said central piece is rst inserted throughtheopeningsin the main piece until .-theslots or notches in it register with the Vmain pieces. The central piece is then turned up-intopositionso that the notchesin it re# ceive the upper and lower parts of' the main pieces.

ith certain; goods it is desirable to make the main piecej like that .shown in Figf'l, so asitohave a centralV strip, as well as one at the top andfbottom. In such case t-wo crosspieces arefcut out. These are like the other crossfpieces There is no difterence, exceptingin number.v The cent-ral piece, however,

injsuelr case must have one ot' its slots, pref'- erablythe'lower one, ll, cut from the top, so asto enable said central piece to stride lthe `middley and lower stripsvof the main piece. In tact, the number of-strips on the m-ain piece can be-increased, if desired, there always being eut out'as-mlany cross-piecesas there are open-ings in saidlmain piece, so thatthe in-` terlockingconstruction is the same in ciple. g v Y .Thisnconstruction of filler vcauses a great economy `in material, as you get the cross pieces out of the main pieces Without resortingtosextrai pieces, making a saving of aboutolie-half of the material, and not only is there printhis result, but also a durable structure is made wherein the piecescan be easily put together. i

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secur by Letters Patent, is-

V1. A tiller for packing-boxes including a se- 'ries of .parallel main pieces, and cross-pieces cut out of the main pieces and fitted at right angles thereto i-nthe openings made in said main'pieces by cutting out said cross-pieces.

--2.- A ller for packing-boxes including a series of parallel main pieces, cross-pieces so cut out of the main pieces as to leave correspondn'gnfotchesin theftwo sets of pieces that engage and hold thepieces in place and enable 'the cross-pieces to be inserted in the openings made in the main pieces by cutting out said cross-pieces.

' 3. A filler for paekingb'oxesincluding a series of Inain'pieces, cross-pieces so cutout of them as to leave certain inwardex-ten'sions on the main pieces and outward extensions on'the cross-pieces and not'ches'on` said extensions that said cross-pieces may extend through the openingsin said mainpiece'and be interlocked in said main piece.

4. A filler for packing-boxes including aseries of parallelma-in pieces, and cross-pieces so cut out thereof as to leave extensions with notches therein at an equal distance* apart in both the main pieces andcross-pieces.

5.. A filler for packing-boxes includinga set rics'of parallel main pieces, cross-pieces so cut out of the main pieces as to leave alternating extensions onthe main pieces and crossfpieces with notches-in said extensions, and an extra central cross-piece, substantially asset forth.

6. A filler for packing-boxes including main pieces with an opening therethrough'so vout out as/to leave on the upper and lower sides Vof theiopening alternating notches 'and extensions, and cross-pieces of the'same dimensions and outlines as the opening in thefmain pieces'. v

7. Aller forpackinglboxesincludin-gmain pieces with an opening having on its upper and lower sides alternating loutward and. inward'extensions, the inward extensions'h'aving notches in them and the outward-extensions having a tongue in them, andcrosspieces of the same dimensionsl and outline as 4the opening in said main pieces.l Y i In witness whereof I have `hereunto aii'xed my signature in the presence of the witnesses herein named.'

'LEE R. LINDLEY.

Witnesses FRANK MATTHEW, C. W. RIsDoN. v

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